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South Korean boyband BTS are going their separate ways for a while - announcing their plans for a hiatus during a pre-recorded dinner held to celebrate ...

i feel so lucky and could never be disappointed in them wanting to be true to themselves and each other, only proud. "I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature. Till then, we ask for your blessing."

K-Pop supergroup BTS announced Tuesday they are going on hiatus to focus on solo projects after nine years together, but they said they're not disbanding ...

Last week, BTS visited the White House to meet with President Biden to talk about anti-Asian hate crimes and Asian representation. The group took a break at the end of last year, saying they’re taking “a second official extended period of rest” to spend the holidays with their families and prepare for a new chapter. The “Butter” singers—Jung Kook, V, Jimin, Suga, Jin, RM and J-Hope—released an anthology project last week, Proof, featuring three new tracks along with their greatest hits.

The seven-piece K-pop boyband insist it's not goodbye as they vow to 'return someday'

This is not the first time they have taken a break. Agreeing, J-Hope said: “I think we should spend some time apart to learn how to be one again. I think BTS will become stronger that way.”

Members RM, Jungkook, Jin, Jimin, Suga, J-Hope and V will undertake occasional activities together before returning formally as a group. 'We promise we will ...

‘We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans. In a post on WeVerse, V wrote: ‘We are happy. ‘ARMY and bangtan are connected by a purple string so look at us a long long time so the string doesn’t break and that the colour’s richness lasts a long time.’ Discussing their hiatus, he continued: ‘Now is the beginning of our healthy footsteps [sic] that is an effort to stay as bangtan for a long time so I believe ARMYs will love that side of us as well. ‘For 10 years, we continued going forward while always looking upwards. The group also shared it had been a difficult decision to make to take a break as they felt like they were letting down their fans.

South Korean supergroup BTS is to go on "temporary hiatus" so its members can pursue solo careers.

BTS will become stronger that way.” They used the FESTA dinner to reminisce of their long time together and promised to reunite in the future, with Suga keen to point out the band was on hiatus and not officially finished, saying: “It’s not like we’re disbanding.” “I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole ‘idol’ system is that they don’t give you time to mature,” said RM. “You have to keep producing music and keep doing something.”

The group consists of artists RM, Jin, V, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin and Jungkook. "We're going into a hiatus now," Suga said. However a representative for the group ...

"I think that change is what we need right now," J-Hope said. "I think 90 percent of our fans would root for us no matter what kind of music or direction we choose," V said. I can't be doing group stuff and then suddenly turning the focus to my own work like flipping a switch," RM continued. "In the past, I could still balance working on music alone and doing our group promotions but now I cant do them together. And after I get up in the morning and get makeup done there's no time left for growth," group member RM said. However a representative for the group told CNN, "To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats."

K-pop sensation BTS announced plans for solo projects from the individual band members, but the company behind the global superstars say they are not taking ...

“We're each going to take some time to have fun and experience a lot of things,” said Jung Kook to their fans. No details about future BTS collaborations or the solo projects were announced Tuesday. BTS has a global fanbase that follows the group and members online and in recent years the group's profile has rose overseas. They discussed having to deal with COVID-19 interrupting their touring plans and music releases, as well as what each one thought about their individual artistic goals.

Korean boy band BTS celebrated its ninth anniversary with a shocking announcement: The group is going on hiatus. RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, ...

NSYNC has technically been on hiatus since 2002, and members of the band fun. Calling the band successful would be an understatement: In 2019, BTS was the first group since the Beatles to have three No. 1 hits in a year on Billboard’s Top 200. One Direction famously went on an indefinite hiatus in January 2016 and have yet to reunite.

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

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Members of the K-pop juggernaut said in a video conversation that they wanted time to explore their individual artistic identities.

And future solo performances are already on the books: Earlier this month, Lollapalooza, a music festival in Chicago, announced that J-Hope would be a headliner at the event this summer. While chatting and reminiscing over a meal, the members — J-Hope, RM, Jin, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook — touched on some of the challenges they were facing as artists, including the pressure to keep churning out hit songs. “We’ve talked among ourselves several times and we believe it’s good to take some time apart,” J-Hope, one of the members, said in the video.

South Korean boy band say in a video they are 'exhausted' and 'going through a rough patch' – but will return 'a stronger group'

The group has twice been nominated for a Grammy but has yet to win. BTS’s label enjoyed a surge in profits during the pandemic, despite holding fewer concerts. “I’ve always thought that BTS was different than other groups,” he continued. J-Hope said that time apart could help BTS “become a stronger group,” and that the time was “important ... for BTS’ second chapter.” Jimin, 26, said the members are “slowly trying to figure things out now” and that “we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans”. “But the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature.”

Korean boyband BTS have announced a hiatus. The seven-piece outfit made the announcement to fans that they would be taking a break from performing as a group ...

Hybe said that BTs were “not taking a hiatus”, while a spokesperson for the band reiterated this point, adding: “To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats.” The band’s label and a spokesperson for the band both distanced the break from the term “hiatus”, despite the word being used in the English translation for the anniversary dinner video. All band members agreed that the decision to take a break was a diffiulat decision, and that they felt that they were letting fans down.

Shares of Hybe Co., the agency that manages the South Korean pop phenomenon BTS, plunged by a record after the band said they'll focus on individual ...

Shares of agency that manages the pop phenomenon tanked a record 28 percent on news members will pursue solo projects.

The slump means that Hybe has given up almost all of its gains since its trading debut. Bangtan Boys, more commonly called BTS, made the announcement to pursue solo projects in a video posted on YouTube, which has already got more than 10 million views. Military service is mandatory for all men in South Korea, which is still technically at war with North Korea.

Band members make surprise announcement during dinner to mark the group's founding in 2013. BTS perform on stage at the Grammy Awards in 2022. BTS performs ...

J-Hope said in the clip that time apart could help BTS “become a stronger group,” and that the time was “important … for BTS’s second chapter.” The White House praised the band as “youth ambassadors who spread a message of hope and positivity across the world”. By the end of the dinner several of the members of the group behind “Dynamite” and “Butter” grew tearful as they voiced gratitude for their fans, collectively known as the “ARMY.”

Shares in Hybe, the South Korean entertainment and talent agency behind global pop superstars BTS, sank on Wednesday after the seven-member boy band said they ...

South Korean boyband BTS have announced a break to allow their members to work on solo projects. The news came less than a week after the seven-man group, ...

The spokesperson said in a statement: "To be clear, they are not on hiatus but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats." An English translation of their words showed one of the members calling the break a "hiatus", but this description was disputed by a spokesperson for the band. One of the band members described the break as a "hiatus" but this description was disputed by a spokesperson, who said they would "remain active in various different formats".

K-pop sensation BTS announced plans for solo projects from the individual band members.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. They also discussed having to deal with the pandemic interrupting their touring plans and music releases. Suga expressed an interest in trying out new genres.

"We promise we will return someday, even more mature than we are now," Jungkook, a member of the K-Pop sensation, said.

“We’re each going to take some time to have fun and experience lots of things,” Jungkook said. You have to keep filming [producing music] and keep doing something.” The Butter singers indicated that they’d like to grow as individuals, take some time to mature and also work on solo projects.

Market value of group's agency Hybe falls $1.7bn as singers choose to pursue solo projects.

HYBE has seen their stock price plummet after K-pop boyband BTS announced they would be going on a temporary break.

Its profit, meanwhile, may be cut by as much as 33 per cent. Lee Hye-in, an analyst at Yuanta Securities Korea Co., told Bloomberg that the company is facing possible sharp downgrades to its profit and revenue estimates for this year and the next. According to a report by Billboard, HYBE’s shares had fallen as far as ₩140 thousand per share after opening at ₩168 thousand.

She was, of course, reacting to the news that the massively successful K-pop group BTS was taking a break for an indefinite period. Titus was not alone in her ...

With the industry’s exponential growth in recent years, there’s now a multitude of rising bands that could quickly fill the gap while BTS takes a break. Lee Jin-hyeong, chief commercial officer at HYBE, told the conference that “the conscription laws continue to change in an unpredictable manner, which actually make things hard for our artists.” Since becoming the first Korean act to win a Billboard music award in 2017, BTS has been one of South Korea’s biggest exports, bringing in billions in ticket sales, sponsorships, music downloads and merchandise. Critics say that proposed exemptions would be bending the conscription rules to help the rich and powerful skip national duty. The venting session was a rare public acknowledgment of the intense nature of the K-pop industry, in which stars — referred to as “idols” — are trained from a young age, taught to look, speak, dress, dance and sing in specific ways. BTS announced during a live-streamed event Tuesday that its members were taking time off to pursue solo projects and take stock of how they could move forward as a group act.

BTS are “going through a rough patch right now” and, as a result, are “going on a hiatus” in order to allow the group's members to develop as solo artists ...

This is not the first time that the group have announced that they will take a break. Though other members countered that they felt that fans would support them, with Jimin adding: “We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what – we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans. And if we return after a long time, there’s going to be so much more to talk about then”. The problem now is that Jin will turn 30 in December this year and the issue still has not gone away. You have to keep producing music and keep doing something”. “There’s just no time for me to think”, he said. “I don’t know what kind of story I should tell now”. “We have to accept that we’ve changed”, he went on. I don’t know what to say”. I started music and became BTS because I had a message for the world”. However, he added, of late it’s been harder for him to identify what message he is actually trying to communicate via the band. Although they continued to release new music during that period, as they worked on and promoted those tracks, he “realised the group has definitely changed”.

South Korea grants exemptions from military service to some elite athletes, such as Olympic medallists, and classical musicians -- but pop stars do not qualify.

And as I have always said, I will answer the country's call whenever it comes," Jin said in 2020. even if this news feels more ominous." Who does -- and does not -- undertake military service is a highly-charged issue in South Korea and suspicions of evading active duty can sound a death knell for careers. But the draft bill went nowhere in parliament, and with mandatory service looming, the band made a "sensible decision to halt their group activity", Lee said. Allowing the band members to focus on their solo careers was a "logical move", said Lee, as successive stints of military service look set to disrupt the septet's globetrotting schedule for the next several years. "The issue of military service was clearly involved in the announcement," Lee Moon-won, a K-pop culture commentator, told AFP, adding that it seemed clear the band did not want to continue making music unless all members were available.

Fans react to news that biggest boy band in the world is going on hiatus.

But members of BTS have already been releasing solo material. Lucy says all seven members of the group have "a lot to offer" as solo artists - but believe Jungkook could go on to a career that rivals some of the biggest names in pop. The seven members of BTS - Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook - are aged between 24 and 29, and Lucy says one of the key points made in the announcement was that the K-pop industry "doesn't really create space for maturity." In the group's statement, which was made during a televised dinner to mark their anniversary, BTS acknowledged they had been going through a "rough patch" and said that trying to find their identity had been "exhausting." She believes speaking honestly shows the groups "bravery" but also their "power" in the K-pop scene. "In K-pop, it's really not uncommon for groups that have seven, eight or nine members for the individuals in that group to have thriving solo careers but still very much be in their groups," she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.

Fans react to news that biggest boy band in the world is going on hiatus.

But members of BTS have already been releasing solo material. Lucy says all seven members of the group have "a lot to offer" as solo artists - but believe Jungkook could go on to a career that rivals some of the biggest names in pop. The seven members of BTS - Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook - are aged between 24 and 29, and Lucy says one of the key points made in the announcement was that the K-pop industry "doesn't really create space for maturity." In the group's statement, which was made during a televised dinner to mark their anniversary, BTS acknowledged they had been going through a "rough patch" and said that trying to find their identity had been "exhausting." She believes speaking honestly shows the groups "bravery" but also their "power" in the K-pop scene. "In K-pop, it's really not uncommon for groups that have seven, eight or nine members for the individuals in that group to have thriving solo careers but still very much be in their groups," she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.

Globally successful super-band BTS are to split after a “rough” patch left them “exhausted”, they revealed to fans this week.

“I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature,” he said. Their music may have won critical praise, but the main driver of BTS’s meteoric success is their deft use of social media. BTS are a seven-member boy band founded in 2012 which has quickly become one of South Korea’s biggest acts. “We’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process,” the 26-year-old band member explained. The band is credited with generating “billions of dollars for the South Korean economy”, said The Guardian. One testament to their success is a recent announcement from their record label, which said they had reported a “surge” in profits this year despite the pandemic, and the band holding fewer concerts, the paper added. Another band member, 29-year-old Suga, said that the group were “going into a hiatus”. But the group’s management company, Hybe, later said the group were not on hiatus but will “take time to explore solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats”